Saturday, March 31, 2012

So who makes the fastest production car? Well that would be the
car manufacturer named Bugatti. To be more precise it was Volkswagen
that kept that company alive so crediting them of their work is a must.
The fastest production car is none other than the Bugatti Veyron, this
car is a monster when it comes to speed. The Bugatti could just outrun
almost every car on the planet not to mention it can beat other types of
aircraft.
What makes this car so fast is that it has an enormous
engine coupled with its slippery aerodynamic. Those two combinations
alone can propel this car to more than 200 mph, but theres more to it
than that. The reason why this car is such an amazing car is that it is
it engineered to perfection. Let start off with the engine. The engine
is an 8 liter W-16 which has 4 turbo. A W engine is basically a two V8
or V6 combined together. With an outstanding 8 liters and 16 cylinders,
already the engine can produce an enormous amount of power. But the
Volkswagen engineers didn't stop there; moreover, they added four turbos
and each has a boost of 10 psi. So all in all the power the engine
produces is a massive 1001 horsepower. Thats a lot of power and to put
down to the ground. They had to use all whee drive and special tire made
by Michelin to cope with the volcanic power.
It isn't just the
engine that is astonishing, but its transmission as well. Forgive me if I
get a bit technical because this requires me to explain in a detailed
matter with technicalities. Ok, if you have that much power flowing
through the crankshaft obviously you need a gearbox that can handled
that sort power. It is almost impossible for a car manufacturer to
develop such an gearbox that can handle 1000 hp let alone last for 10 to
20 years. So VW turned to Formula 1 engineers to have them make a
gearbox for them that can handle the power of the engine. And after
trials and error they have made a gearbox capable of harnessing the
power of the engine. The gearbox is a computer controlled system and its
similar to that of an F1 car gearbox. Then it has a 7 speed flappy
paddle shifter and it has a dual clutch. So what does this all have to
do to make the car even faster. Well with this gearbox it not only
harnesses the power, but also makes shifting faster. About 0.2 second,
thats how fast it can shift and with its all wheel drive configuration
this car just pounds the pavement with a massive torque.
The
Bugatti Veyron also has one of the most slippery aerodynamic body that
can slice through air easily, and also it has a wing that can generate
huge amount of down force. Even with an all carbon fiber body. This car
still weights more than most almost any car out there. The Veyron
weights about 4,300 pounds, yet the car can go in such speed that almost
all the supercars are left trailing. To coped with the heat that
Goliath like engine produces along with the 4 turbochargers, the Veyron
needed at least 10 radiators. 3 to cool down the huge wing and 7 to cool
the engine itself. Talk about overkill and to add more pizzazz, this
car can stop from 250 mph to 0 in 10 seconds. All of it is due to the
huge wing and the superb brakes.
All of those synthesized together
you make an incredibly super fast car. Just take a look at its
performance figures. this car can go from zero to 60 in 2.6 seconds and
on your way up to 250 mph if you keep that foot flat out. This car is
capable of transcending 250 mph, but the engineers stayed at that speed
because of safety reason. When the wing is up, this car can handle
almost better than many of the supercars that have less power and less
weight. For a car that weights almost as much as a Hummer that is
amazing.
This car was made to illustrate what can be done with the
future of technology and engineering. This car depicts what can be done
using the latest and greatest tools of today. This car was made to
stretch the boundaries of what can possibly be done in the automobile
industry.